A key vaccine advisory committee is meeting for the first time under new U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

The Glynn County Health Department will offer the updated Pfizer COVID vaccine starting Monday, Oct. 2 for everyone aged 6 months and older.

A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who've objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a wide-ranging bill (HB 1B) passed in a November special legislative session that said refusing to comply with vaccination mandates isn’t considered “misconduct” for the purpose of receiving unemployment benefits.

With the omicron variant looming, the mayor of Miami-Dade County has reinstated an emergency order requiring hospitals to report the numbers of COVID-19 cases treated each day and the availability of hospital beds.

New York City instituted a new mask mandate Tuesday as the stock market was down over renewed COVID fears.

The Air Force says nearly 8,500 active duty members of the Air Force and Space Force have missed the deadline for getting COVID-19 vaccinations, including 800 who flatly refused and nearly 5,000 with pending requests for a religious exemption.

New data from Cleveland Clinic shows how effective the COVID-19 vaccine is in reducing hospitalizations.

Police have charged two suspects with attempted murder in a shooting that wounded two people on Ocean Drive in Miami Beach.

A 3-year-old boy has died after he was rushed to the hospital Wednesday afternoon following an incident in Miami Gardens.

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, Irma Mesa, 74, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Jackson Hospital in Miami. Mesa, who hasnt seen her children or grandchildren since January 2020, got a second appointment for her 80-year-old husband, Angel. The staff can thaw out only as much COVID-19 vaccine as the hospital can administer that same day. “We don’t book any appointments until we know we’ve got the supply,” said David Zambrana, vice president of hospital operations. Mesa, who hasn’t seen her children or grandchildren since January 2020, even got a second appointment for her 80-year-old husband, Angel.

(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A newly formed task force aimed at vaccinating Florida’s Black community for COVID-19 convened for the first time Wednesday morning. The newly formed task force has made vaccinating 60% to 70% of Black Floridians for COVID-19 its mission. The task force is faced with the difficult task of overcoming historical distrust of the medical system among the Black community. Task force members applauded the governor’s use of Black churches as vaccine distribution centers. The task force has reached out to the governor and asked to collaborate with the state’s vaccination efforts.

MIAMI – An Atlanta man was airlifted to the trauma center of Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami after he was bitten on the shoulder by a shark Sunday morning near Marathon, Monroe County sheriff’s deputies told WPLG-TV. Witnesses said Eddy was attacked almost immediately after entering the water near the Sombrero Key Light, about 50 miles north of Key West. While investigating the incident, the Sheriff’s Office received information from boaters that they had seen a bull shark in the area. The shark was described by witnesses as eight- to 10-feet long. Investigators said there was no fishing or chumming in the water near where the group was snorkeling.

(Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is scheduled to hold a news conference at 5 p.m. from the Florida Captiol and speak about the COVID-19 pandemic. Press the play button below to watch live.